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Sony Ericsson K700

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  • Anonymous
  • 09 Aug 2004

For all those complaining about the battery of this phone. SE batteries usually hold their charge at their peak once they have had many cycles of charging and drainage. For mine my battery didn't last long at first but when it is fully discharged (until it turns off and turns back on) and then recharges approx 10 times, it held the charge much better. Try it and see if it works.

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    • CuNy
    • 08 Aug 2004

    Had this phone for about a week now and had a T610 before. Very impressed. Camera and video quality is exellent. The menu is set out very nicely and makes the phone attractive.I recommend this phone to anyone and i really do think it is the best phone on the market at the minute. Check this phone out !!!!

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      • Kamran
      • 08 Aug 2004

      hey you people out there, I wana say thank you for keeping up the good work and helping me in buying this little "gift to mankind" I mean the k700i, I live in malta and i change my phone once a month, I had Nokia 3650, 6600, sharpGX20, Motorola v300, NEC525e, and may be 20 other coloured with camera phones, this is my first SE phone, MAN how much I am impressed with its performance, the camera is perfect, even when compared to sharp GX20, I simply love it and I think this phone is worth every single lira (our currency) I have spend on buying this phone, so all to the people who are thinking whether buying a nokia or sharp or SE, my advice is the SE, please dont think I am working for the company or something, I am just a pleased customer! special thanks to all the people who try to advice others on choosing the right phone!

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        • mai-mai
        • 08 Aug 2004

        to the guy who advised me that the K700 can not write and send SMS while I am playing the MP3, you are very wrong, it can be done!

        this is the problem with some of the people here, all talk, blah, blah, blah, and no actual proof and probably do not have the phone, just talking Bull$hit and all the craps!!!

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          • alex
          • 07 Aug 2004

          the screen is perfect!there is no problem in all conditions!colors are very bright.

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            • Alvin Perez
            • 07 Aug 2004

            i love to buy this phone, but i got no money.anyway, em happy with my analog celfone! i got my second hand reconditioned nokia 100!

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              • David
              • 07 Aug 2004

              does anyone know if this phone's screen is as poor in sunlight as the T610?

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                • ranilo de guzman
                • 07 Aug 2004

                hi y'all!!! i just wanna know, what's the difference between a nokia 3315 and a k700i??? should i upgrade???

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                  • Heha
                  • 07 Aug 2004

                  Sony Ericsson chargers aren't the best designed but that what Ericsson before it became SE had before so I guess we are stuck. Nokia has the best connector in my opinion but then again maybe thats why most of their designs on the base of the phone are pretty much standard in size and structure.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 07 Aug 2004

                    K700i Battery Life and Initial Impression
                    I just received my k700i on Monday. Let me give a little plug here. I ordered my phone through the ebay vendor x1387. I ordered it last Friday and received it from Hong Kong on Monday. Fair price and extremely fast shipping. Came with a cd containing the sync tools and an SE users manual in English. FW: R2A041

                    Anyway, let me comment on the battery usage. I've read lots of do's and don'ts so I thought I'd be safe and charge the phone for 24 hours before doing anything. I didn't turn the phone on at all. NOTE: For those that have had problems with a weak charge. If you are using the 110v adapter, be careful. The charge adapter is a piece of junk and does not make a good connection when pushed in all the way. You'll hear the phone make a noise and a message will pop up saying it is charging, then the phone will go blank. If this happens, the phone is not charging. Pull the plug out a little ways until the phone lights up and displays the "Battery Charging" message all the time. My phone charged for 24 hours and the phone was continually lit up.

                    Last night starting at 8pm, I wanted to use the phone enough to make the battery run down and do another full charge. With all the reports I had heard about poor battery performance, I thought that would be an easy thing to do. The phone finally ran out of juice this morning at 10:30 AM.

                    Here is what I did and did not do.

                    Did NOT:
                    1. Make any phone calls (thought everything I would do would be enough).
                    2. Did not turn on bluetooth.

                    Did:
                    1. Turned on the camera light for approx. 1 hour (2x30 mins)
                    2. Took 15 pictures (also with the light on)
                    3. Deleted 15 pictures
                    4. Spent about 30 minutes playing all the games on the phone
                    5. Played the radio at full volume through the headphones for around 12 hours (put the phone in another room while I slept).

                    That seems like pretty good performance for an initial charge. For the next charge, I'll spend most of the time talking to get an idea on battery performance while using the phone as a phone. On the third charge, I'll incorporate turning on bluetooth and see how performance is affected.


                    Initial impressions.

                    Build quality is excellent. I like the feel of the phone better than the 2 Nokias I have owned. Very solid. Good looking phone.

                    Signal strength. Seems to be stronger and more consitent than my 6220 while I was comparing the two side by side. The 6220 was fluctuating between 30% and 90% while the k700i was pretty rock solid at around full strength occassionaly dropping down to 60%. I'll say I was pretty happy with the 6220, I I'm very pleased initially with the k700i signal strength. I am on T-mobile out here in Hawaii. So my comparisons are only meaningful for where I am.

                    Call clarity. I'll find out tomorrow after the next full charge.

                    Menus. Didn't use them too much, although I like the fact that each key cooresponds to an icon on the main menu. Instead of using the joystick to Navigate, you can just use the keypad. I read a lot of reports about slow menus? Hmmm... I have no complaint with the menu speed. If you think the menus are slow, chill out a bit in life and take a deep breath. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the speed of the menus.

                    Radio. Very strong. Pulled in a lot of stations with no static. Much better performance than my 6220.

                    Battery Meter. Gradual and very linear as charge capacity decreases. My 6220 stayed on full bars for a long time, but once it began to drop the bars would drop quickly. Point goes to SE.

                    Managing phonebook. Looking forward to working with this next.

                    Questionable design decisions:

                    WTF is up up with that plastic door covering the headphone and charge ports? Poor design. Difficult to open with short fingernails. That will be coming off next. I'll save it for if I ever sell the phone.

                    Sim card holder. Very secure if you never need to change your sim card. Very inconvenient if you change your sim cards a lot like I do (travel internationally). The holder in the 6220 is a much better design IMO. Maybe I'll keep a small set of tweezers on my keychain to open the battery door and extract the sim card.





                    I use this phone for both personal and business. Initial impressions are very high, and right now I think I have made the correct choice in the k700i (Other choices for me were e398 and n6230). I'll update with good and bad points as I use more of the features.

                    I understand that others do have some buggy phones and some serious issues. I guess every manufacturer will have those problems. Remains to be seen how my phone operates as I use more of the advanced features of the phone. But I wanted to give my initial impressions for those still deciding about what phone they want top purchase and the k700i is on their list.

                    Aloha,
                    Mike

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                      • Hatzi
                      • 07 Aug 2004

                      some one please tell me how if its possible to use mp3s as a ringtone on this phone

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                        • Hatzi
                        • 07 Aug 2004

                        allan u come to an SE reviewing forum to talk about a nokia?
                        u crazy or something? lets keep it on the k700 please ppl :D

                        cheers

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                          • Hatzi
                          • 07 Aug 2004

                          yeah im in oz and yes i bought my phone from melbourne :D haha 2 more days :D:D:D

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                            • allan perez
                            • 07 Aug 2004

                            hi my name is allan... i have a nokia 3210... is it advisable to change the housing with a fake one??? i saw this housing with glitters... looks cool... but can it damage the software??? i need expert advise... btw, i also have ericsson t-100...

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                              • siew ching
                              • 06 Aug 2004

                              kenot delete 1
                              coz i dunno how to delete

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                                • striker
                                • 06 Aug 2004

                                k700i or s700? im not sure anymore! only thing i dont like about the s700 is its size, way too big.

                                and Hatzi, you're in oz and you say the k700i just got released? or did u import it?

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                                  • allan perez
                                  • 06 Aug 2004

                                  hey! guys! should alvin swap his p800 for the k700i?

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                                    • MARIAN
                                    • 06 Aug 2004

                                    I need a player for the video files taken with my k700i. Send me one please with the right codec! thanks!

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                                      • Hatzi
                                      • 06 Aug 2004

                                      I agree with whats being said here...

                                      Umm.. could some one who owns the phone please tell if u have managed to use mp3's a ringtone :D please please say yes :D

                                      my k700i is in the mail :D:D:D:D

                                      cheers in advanced
                                      Hatzi

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                                        • Piccolo
                                        • 06 Aug 2004

                                        From what I've read from the papers, Motorola, Samsung and Nokia will all eventually lose out to emerging Asian brands if they continue to be complacent. Who knows, we might be seeing ppl use brands such as Mitec, Mitsubishi, LG, etc...

                                        So Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, or even SE, better not be complacent ..... pls provide better quality, cheaper and user friendly phones

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